Wormfodder Delivery wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1601081
I started writing a pocket guide to F7, anything else I should add to it?

If you reply to a "React to AN's thing" thread that involves nation stuff, make sure you actually have said thing in your own factbooks.

Pretty sure that's already in the guide.

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When in a thread with “AN’s primary banner”, and the AN happens to contain something vaguely anime, think of something more creative than calling them weebs.

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Added a chapter about Lazy Anti-Animeposting in general.

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Wormfodder Delivery wrote:

Imperial States of Duotona wrote:You might want to explain what some / terms mean (/skip, /stillme ect)

Did that!
Thanks for the reminder!

Feel free to use some of my bits with credit.

Valentine Z wrote:

Wormfodder Delivery wrote:Did that!
Thanks for the reminder!

Feel free to use some of my bits with credit.

Hmm, I don't think I can take stuff from it, but I certainly can link it as an additional resource.
Particularly the better glossary with keybindings.

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Gonswanza wrote:

Wormfodder Delivery wrote:Added a chapter about Lazy Anti-Animeposting in general.

Honestly, I don't get why people go up in arms over anime, crossdressing, or k-pop (specifically)... At first, I thought it was just bait, but no, these people actually believe what they post unironically.

It's an attempt at seeming cool and edgy, I guess. A bad one, given that already large parts of those who want, and fail, to be seen as cool and edgy tried that to no avail.
K-Pop is another story, as the industry behind it is genuinely terrible and many are annoyed at the stans.

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Wormfodder Delivery wrote:K-Pop is another story, as the industry behind it is genuinely terrible.

OK so, I don't want to turn this thread into NSG Lite or whatever, but this is something that I genuinely do not understand.

There are always tons of articles about the dark side of K-pop or the seedy underbelly of its industry or whatever, OK yeah. Every K-pop fan, myself included, is well aware of this and, in contrast to how a lot of articles seem to paint us, we don't go 'Oh man the industry abuse is so bad but IDK man the latest TWICE single is fuckin bop so whatevs', we will criticize and discuss the problems with the industry and ways they can fix them.

But here's the thing: none of this is unique to K-pop (or J-pop, to a lesser extent), there have been and continue to be tons of scandals in Hollywood or the American music industry, for example, that are just as bad, if not worse, than some of the dark side things that come out of the K-pop industry. And yet, none of those industries have constant articles painted about the terrible dark side of Hollywood or whatever (unless something comes out like 'Famous Hollywood producer accused of sexual assault dating back to 1967' or whatever)

So like, why does K-pop constantly have the target painted on its back because of the dark side of the industry, when it's no different that probably any other form of entertainment industry? (Seriously, if you can find me an entertainment industry that isn't built on the exploitation and abuse of its performers, then I'll buy a hat and eat it) As far as I can tell, it mostly seems to be done on the basis that K-pop is foreign, it's different and therefore it must be bad.

End rant.

Nordic-British Union wrote:When in a thread with “AN’s primary banner”, and the AN happens to contain something vaguely anime, think of something more creative than calling them weebs.

Gonswanza wrote:

Wormfodder Delivery wrote:Added a chapter about Lazy Anti-Animeposting in general.

Honestly, I don't get why people go up in arms over anime, crossdressing, or k-pop (specifically)... At first, I thought it was just bait, but no, these people actually believe what they post unironically.

The spectrum of anti-weeb sentiment

Wormfodder Delivery wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1601081
I started writing a pocket guide to F7, anything else I should add to it?

Any thoughts of quoting people's sigs in the Out-of-Context thread?

Totally did not happen to me.

Lescaaris wrote:

Wormfodder Delivery wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1601081
I started writing a pocket guide to F7, anything else I should add to it?

Any thoughts of quoting people's sigs in the Out-of-Context thread?

Totally did not happen to me.

Ah, forgot about that.
Will add it together with "Quotes NS generated stuff"

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Literally everyone I know who dislikes anime is on the political left. In contrast, it's people on the political right who are the most prone to 'YOU CAN'T CRITICIZE ANIME YOU FUCKING WESTERN SJW WANT TO FORCE ANIME TO BE POLITICS BY INSERTING LGBTS INTO IT!!' bullshit.

Aikoland wrote:Literally everyone I know who dislikes anime is on the political left. In contrast, it's people on the political right who are the most prone to 'YOU CAN'T CRITICIZE ANIME YOU FUCKING WESTERN SJW WANT TO FORCE ANIME TO BE POLITICS BY INSERTING LGBTS INTO IT!!' bullshit.

I met Anime-Fans and haters from all sides of the spectrum, I've seen my fair share of "Anime is degenerate"-kind of posts too, this isn't really a left-right divide thing, the fools can be found in every group.

Eh, give it ten years. I for one believe that weebs actually has one of the biggest chance of world domination, as the overlap between today's young tech or scientific geniuses and weebs (at least based on my observation) seems to have a significant overlap. There was even a "general rule" that circulated during my time of college entrance examinations: "not all weebs are geniuses, but all geniuses all weebs".

There is in fact an anecdote from my country's national science and computer olympiads on how to predict its results before the olympiads even starts. During D-Day, before the competitions begin, losers will try to study to the last minutes. Winners (who already know each other since they have met and won so many competitions throughout the nation) meanwhile will group together in a corner to watch anime, and then win.

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Regardless of anything, we can at least all agree that angry anime YouTubers making videos about how 'The LEFT is TRIGGERED and OUTRAGED by this character' when it's like, at most, some people calling a character's design dumb or offering genuine criticisms about their design is the most annoying shit.

Even giving political youtubers any screentime is a mistake in the first place, these guys work by manufacturing outrage.

Hatsunia wrote:The spectrum of anti-weeb sentiment

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I'm not even anti weeb, I think that once 75% of leader pictures are anime, it's getting ridiculous.

Austria-Bohemia-Hungary wrote:

ENZONAR wrote:I'm not even anti weeb, I think that once 75% of leader pictures are anime, it's getting ridiculous.

I mean... suit yourself?

Ok I guess

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm pretty well-versed in the anime fandom and have been for most of my life, so I mean I'm just saying what I see in the good parts of the fandom.

Gonswanza wrote:

Aikoland wrote:Regardless of anything, we can at least all agree that angry anime YouTubers making videos about how 'The LEFT is TRIGGERED and OUTRAGED by this character' when it's like, at most, some people calling a character's design dumb or offering genuine criticisms about their design is the most annoying shit.

But they are almost never genuine criticisms... If anything, it's just complaints in general.

Yes, the problem is that a lot of anime criticism and complaints are mixed together, and some are very hard to distinguish. Anime is generally the same thing as "American" cartoons, and so is their communities. Character development and details are pretty highly regarded in anime.